John Rechy: The Life and Adventures of Lyle Clemens
USA 2004, 324 pp., brochure, € 14.95Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert. Publishers Group WestModeled on the classic 18th-century picaresques like Fielding's »The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling« and Defoe's »Moll Flanders«, »The Life and Adventures of Lyle Clemens« is the modern-day bildungsroman of a prodigiously attractive young Texan named Lyle Clemens. Lyle is kind of a holy fool who, like Chance in »Being There«, illuminates the actions, motivations, and prejudices of others ...
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